Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

sitting at the table, working on a pile of art supplies. He looked at her, obviously having heard

with a smile, but he quickly looked down and started to sketch more furiously.

stroll upstairs and was back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always

But how would he react when he saw her in his house

didn’t look at her but seemed to

as she picked up the assignment brief from

to create a family album with the help of their

portrait four identical stick figures, big heads atop bodies made up of

supposed to represent Bruce, Gloria, Leandro, and Valerio himself. But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching

gaze, Valerio’s

like no one at home can help you with this assignment,” Seraphina sighed, “You’re one lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven years, and now I’m picking up a

a pencil, and quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing Leandro, she paused and handed the pencil to Valerio, “Would you like to try

stared at her sketches of Bruce and Gloria for a moment before accepting the pencil from her and copying her style

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resembled Leandro.

her gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the

pencil, his brows furrowed in deep thought, but

this, Seraphina took the pencil from him, “Let

beautiful, with flawless skin, dark hair,

her long eyelashes casting a shadow on

such a looker, why are you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How do you expect them to approach you if